Illegal fireworks seized in Clare

THERE WILL BE fewer bangers going off in the Co Clare town of Shannon tonight after gardai seized a large quantity of fireworks there.Gardai from the Shannon Detective Unit found €2,000 worth of fireworks in a house in the Rossbracken estate in the town during a planned search yesterday evening.The fireworks seizure was part of Operation Tombola, aimed at clamping down on the illegal sale of fireworks ahead of Halloween tonight.Some of the fireworks seized:Images: Garda press officeBobbing for apples: the silent danger this Halloween>Warning over fireworks danger – and €10,000 fine for using them illegally>Meet the reverend who participated in the 1949 exorcism that inspired The Exorcist>